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P. H. KIMBALL,

` 'Corn-Planter.

Patnted Aung; Ly

PHILIP n.'- -KIf-nnnm; on rnolnnrsirfown,f inutili Specilication formingrr .part Letters I "utent'No. 49,121-, dated `lerilfslist,14,v 11855;:1 i

` `Beit'. known that I, PnILIP'U. KIMBALL, pf 'Prophetstowm `in the county of Whiteside l and State of4 'll'linois, haveiinrented u uewan d usefullmprovementinCorn-Planters;andldo' l f herebydeclarethefollowingto-beafull, clear,

` andexact description ofthe s'a-inefreference Vaccompanying dra wings',i`x`1 being had tol the which 2 is a side elevation' ofthe same; Fig. 3, a plan" tom plan of the ruimer and-coverer. l'j I p l The nature of my invention consists in a pc-A culiar construction of runnerl andcoi'erer,` wherebya furrow is opened .into fwhich the seed may'falhwhich furrow is not only broad enough Ato allow: the seeilain'openseparationp ing' the operation ot' the seed-slide1automatic particularlydescribe it.vv A

` A is the main frame.4 B is the tongue toi which `the horses are attached.` G'Ggarethe hearing-rollers, upon whose axle thefraxnelA is mounted. 1D is the drivei"s s eat. 1 E isthe i drop-mans seat, andF F.aretheseedhuppers.

' ;I-n the construction of these part-s there isno'thf" i ing peculiar, and no especial description is ref v l 4 trate and divide` theeart'li" in alinewit i quired. Across the `l'orxirardend offthennachine is the frame G, upon which f ismounted the drop-maus seat E andthe s eed-ho'ppersjE F,iwith the seedslideH and guiderod 1x; The

leverJ.` The lower ends [of the levers .I ,dip

into mortises'inthe seedslidcllpvhich caused to slide endwisc hack and forth asthe levers J J or either of them, are vibrated by the; dropfman. y f

are iuscrtedand act as rollers offH, as illustratetlinf Fig. 3

of a portionofthe seed-slide;'Fig.74, a bot-*- 1t also consists in a novel methodof rendei` Y orothelwise, as may be desired, andin render-g i ingits movement uniform and easy. 11; a That others `may understandthe" construe-4' tionand operation of my machine,1` wilhmore` yof the surface over-'which 'the seed-'slide levers J J are inserted throug'hlmorj tises in the `top of the frame G, andare secured* or pivoted `in said Vmortise's fbythei pnsj finserted horizontally through the' frame ,Gand

`l`In order to caufs'efthciislide to i smoothly and un iformlyfthe-` small pinionsh-` a ii-nst tl1e'etl ge x The arrangement of cells .1n the sceduslide i liepper, tothe"tubefandafurrolwydues` )fondi-[fe `from the nl etho'dinljcomnio'n; se

The check Qrg-uiderodlis si nply, rodrnh ning through ajgirci'- 'fthejfalne G5 and cafpa'blcot bei-ng' :projected eyond-4 llesident l the niachin'e'eitherway, asindicatedhje( vlines inFig, 1, sothatffwhengthe 'niachine is moving in eitherjdir'ection the projected; end i I of the said `rod Iiwillforin guideoichecl; to"'- f -inform the drop-man of jtheiproper i'nstanttoA operate the seed-slide anddrop. the `seed finto: i` the lfurrmv exactly atfltljieproper pointtol cause i the rows ot'plantsto intersect each other, notff' only at right angles, but to be straight either.` 1

Attached to the lower sideiojthe traine ,G

and 4-near thesideslof thernachinelaretheslotl` .and.`theinodeoi'transferringftheseed froxnthe ted jblocksfor frameSK, thesiot-s 1 being vertical' i f frame just back of the rollers.

At the rear end ot' the ruimer are two wings, u a, Figs. 2 and f t. They are curved on the lower edge from the front-downward in a form similar to the runner TheyI are spread apart at the front and draw together at their.Y rear ends, so that the earth which was divided and pushed asunder by the action of the/main part of the runner is drawn Ktogether again by the'wings a a andthe furrow that. was opened by'L obliterated. i

Upon the forward part ofthe machine are twolposts, M M, to the. upper portions of which arepiroted two long levers, N N, that extend .thence backward nearly or quite tothe rear .endofthe machine, passing through slots in tfwoguidepieces, O O, which allow thele'vers N N to move freely in a vertical direction, but prevent them vi'roni swaying in either direction sidenigse..

Edgewise through the guides 0 are holes in .which pins may be inserted to limit the vertiealmovement of the lever N, or either ot'th em, and thereby keep thc runners L depressed or elevated within anyrequired limits, the said. run .rs beingeach connected to the lever above it lyorods n u, pivoted to the levers at their upper ends and to the rear ends of the runners at their lower ends, so that as the rear ends of the levers are raised or depressed the rear ends of the runners are also raised or depressed.

Upon the levers N N, at` any convenient point, are weights P l), which niay be moved forward or backward upon said levers and may be secured at any desired point, the object Abeing to press the runner into the ground with more or less force, as may be desired, according to the condition of the ground or the depth to which it is desired to plant the seed.

The machineis supported upon the axle of .the two rollers C C, which occupy nearly the entire space between the side bars ot' the frame, though it may be consideredimmaterial whether they have a greater or less breadth of treadjso long as it is sufficient to settlethe earth over the seed well withoutpacking it' so hard as to impede or interfere with the germination of the seed. .Behind therollers C C are suitable Scrapers, Q., which are curved on their face to correspond with the curvature et the said rollers.' "lhese Scrapers are attached to a shaft ruiming across the machine and pivoted at its ends to the side bars of the main They are attached to said shaft in such a way that'when their edges are pressed against the surface of the rollers in order to clean said .rollers the weight of the `Scrapers is then forward ot a vertical line dropped from thc pivots ot' the v scraper-shaft, and it is obvious that with this move them from that contact, and they will j i then hang clear ot the rollers,

`and well understood.

Attached to the scraper-shaft and extending backward to a point convenicnit` to the d ri vers foot is a lever, R, by means of which thedriver is enabled to operate the scraper-s at will. In forni the Scrapers are as though two knives with slightlyconcave edges and bladesof a.' lateral curvature to tit the curvature ot" the..

rollers were joined at their hilts, tite point-.3-

being as far apart as necessary to embrace between them tlie entire width ot' one roller.

Inorder to render the operation of the seedslide automatic or.v under the control ot' the dri-l ion T, wrist t, connecting-rod U, roch-shaft V, -and connecting-rod W.

The stud w, immediatelyconnecting the rod W to the slidc'H, is inserted in a. inortise in the edge of the slide,

and retained there by the end of the lever J,

which passes through a notch in a, as shown ill Fig. 3.'

The clutch X is provided, for the purpose' ot' enabling the attendant to throw the pinion T into or outof gear, with theP driver. S.

The operation of'myniachine is as followsz 4When the machine is to beotransported'to the tieldthe levers N N are raised up and secured by a. pin in the topniost holel of the guide thereby raising 'the runners clearv from the ground and' securing them from injury while being'` transported over the road. X'Vhen the iield is reached the guide-rodi is projected frein thcpropc'rsideas far as desirable, and the dropinan takes his seat upon E, the levers N are released from the stop in the-guides O and 'press the runners down into the ground, and the weights P are so placed as to givetlie requisite pressure upon the runners to force them into the ground as far as desired, to give the seed aproper depth of covering.I As the machine moves forward the drop-man operates the slide H by means of levers J at the proper instant to insure Athe dropping oi' the seed opposite the .check-row, and this proper instant he determines by keeping his eye lixed upon the end of the guide-rod I-h method in co'ininon use As the machine nieves over the lield the runners L penetrate the ground at all times to a uniform depth, not#l withstanding any inequalities oi`.siirface,tor, as theyarc independent of each other, they rise or fall only in conformity with the undulations ot' 'the ground in the track of each, no seedbeing covered too deep nor any lei't with an iusuiii- .cient covering. y v

l/Vhen it is found desirable to plant thercorn in drills instead of in hills by check, a. driver alone is needed to attend thefmachineior by connecting the slide .l-lI with thecog driver 'S ofthe roller C by means ot the rock-shaft?, connecting-rods Vaud l-V, and pinion T) itvill he made to vibrate automatically, soas to drop the seed at regular intervals. The slide 5H is prevented from clogging by the action lthe man union h, which, engaging inmks in its,

jedgercanses it to' jurv at' each .reversal su'# centjlyltol shake the seed through ifit lchoices4 tllereiui-.` Y Havingr thus fnllydescribed my iinprove. ment, what I claim therein as new, 'andjd'e sire tolsecure by Lettersv Patent, is' i 1. The peculiarly-shaped runners or shoes L L, constructedand arranged specically as de,` scrilged, for opening a furrow and covering the seed-,litherein, suhstantiallyasheren set fortln4 A, 2?. Se combining the runners L L of my malchne with the `Weighted 'levers NN, cmineetedv to the frame-work thereof, as that each runner and cbverer may, under an.adjustable degree,v of pressure, act-and operate independently of the other, substantially in the manner'and for "the purpose herein set forth.

In presence Kif- J. S. KIMBALL, HENRY LEONARD.

The foregoing specification yof corn-['Ianter-signed'by melthis'th clay ofEcbl PHILIP H; KIMBAI). 

